Lieutenant Barbara Balanzoni may face trial and be sentenced to at least one year in prison for saving a pregnant cat, Italian news agency La Nazione reports. Balanzoni, 49, from Crevalcore, Bologna region, worked for several weeks at the NATO military base in Kosovo as an anesthetist.

There is one family restaurant in Umbria where you are just fine. Here I want to sing odes to Italian Umbrian cuisine, enjoy life with friends. Not everyone was given to get here, but if you ever find yourself here, I will be sincerely glad for you. Bar Ristorante Da Giovannino - restaurant by the road 10 kilometers from Assisi.

The Natural History Museum is recommended for curious children and their parents. Skeletons of dinosaurs, stuffed animals, fossils, a collection of minerals and much more. Everyone can find something interesting for themselves. Museum of Natural History (Naturkundemuseum), photo Jörg Zägel Museum of Natural History (Museum für Naturkunde) - one of the oldest and most famous museums in Germany, located in Berlin.

Did you come to Berlin with a child? Then be sure to visit the Legoland Discovery Center, plunge into the world of childhood. A carousel awaits you, where you need to pedal to get up, a boat through the castle dungeon, a factory for the manufacture of parts for the designer, and a lot of legos ... It's better to come in the morning on a weekday, when there are fewer visitors.

Dante Alighieri (Dante Alighieri) was one of the most prominent poets and thinkers of the Middle Ages, who determined the vector of development of pan-European culture. His work played an important role in the formation of the Italian literary language. Surprisingly, the poetry and philosophical picture of the world of this extraordinary, deeply thinking and highly sensitive person has remained relevant and interesting for over seven centuries.

Verona dates back to prehistoric times. It was ruled by the Romans, Venetians, Austria-Hungary and even Napoleonic France. The dynasty of Scala made a great contribution to the development of the city. It is not surprising that Verona has preserved a huge number of attractions of various eras. What is worth seeing in Verona in the first place, we will tell in this article.

Everyone has heard about the Godfather and Super Mario, but are they real Italian symbols? We tried to identify the most typical ideas about Italians and their homeland from other nations and decide whether they have a right to exist. Living in Italy is a real celebration under the Tuscan sun “For some reason, guiding brochures about Italy - especially those sold in the United States of America - typically feature the beauties of Tuscany, Rome and Venice,” says Martin Solly who spent many years exploring this amazing country and its inhabitants.

Nothing is more associated with Italy than pizza, spaghetti and mozzarella. But, if pizza and spaghetti are at everyone's hearing, then not everyone can say at least a few phrases about mozzarella. So who is he, this mysterious “Italian”? The history of the origin of Mozzarella comes from southern Italy. Even the Romans made this cheese at home from sheep’s milk, and in the third century the monks from San Loenzo di Capua (Italian.

A cable car ride over the Rhine will give you pleasure. From a bird's eye view you will see the Old Town and its environs, Cologne Cathedral. Cable car in Cologne, photo Seilbahnen Cable car in Cologne (Kölner Seilbahn) is the most picturesque way to cross the Rhine. If you are not afraid of heights, then be sure to ride the cable car.

Trains are the fastest and most convenient way to travel for the most part of mainland Italy and even without discounts you will surely use them on your trip. But if you can easily and instantly save 10 Euros on tickets, then why not take advantage of this. This article will show you how to do it in 5 minutes.

One of the largest industrial centers in Germany, the city of Stuttgart (Stuttgart) is known worldwide as the cradle of the auto giants Mercedes-Benz and Porsche. But not only the release of the best cars determines the exclusivity of the metropolis. In his appearance there are many features with superlative signs: Stuttgart Germany The city is considered the greenest in Europe, characterized by the highest level of prosperity in Germany, its main street Königstrasse is the longest pedestrian zone in Germany, the reserves of medicinal mineral water of the Cannstatt complex are the largest in Western Europe, the city’s planetarium is the most technically equipped in the world, and the Stuttgart State Theater is the largest in Europe.

Milan somewhat remotely resembles Moscow: the same radial-ring principle of urban planning, according to which roads diverge in different directions from the center, simultaneously crossing the rings of the former fortress walls. In the center of the city is the Most Main Square with the Most Main Building. In Milan, this is the Duomo Cathedral, located on the square of the same name.

Basilicata is one of those regions of Italy where the foot of a Russian-speaking tourist rarely steps. Largely guilty of its geographical location and lack of information. The Basilicata includes two provinces of Matera and Potenza. They are located between the regions of Puglia and Calabria and, as it were, sandwiched between them. The region is located in the very south of Italy near the Gulf of Taranto (Ionian Coast), and its western part is washed by the Tyrrhenian Sea.

Bologna is a very large transport hub: from here you can easily and quickly reach many cities and villages of both the south and the north of Italy. Among the most popular destinations from Bologna, Florence leads: the distance between cities is just over 100 km, and you can safely expect to visit the “Cradle of the Renaissance” within one day.